Carol Burns was recognized and honored for her dedication to help veterans and veteran organizations at the Disabled American Veterans (DAV) and Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary (DAVA) meeting on Thursday, July 6, 2017. Burns helps in a vast amount of ways with several organizations in the county. Read more about Burns in an upcoming Citizen of the Week feature in a future edition of the Polk County Pulse. Burns is pictured with local and state DAVA Commander Margaret Scott.